# European gastronomic heritage: cultural and educational aspects

European Parliament procedure 2013/2181(INI) (INI - Own-initiative procedure, 7th term, committee CULT). Stage: Procedure completed. 111 committee amendments tabled by 14 Members between 2014-01-21 and 2014-01-21.

## What the amendments focus on

This own-initiative report concerns European gastronomic heritage and its cultural and educational aspects. The amendments link diet, health and wellbeing, citing UNESCO recognition of the Mediterranean diet and the French gastronomic meal as intangible cultural heritage; they call for including food, nutrition and gastronomy in school curricula, address obesity, malnutrition and eating disorders, the role of media and advertising, training of gastronomy-sector workers, and promotion of local and regional products.

## Most active Members on this file

| Member | Country | Group | Amendments | Markdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Santiago FISAS AYXELÀ | Spain | PPE | 50 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96729.md |
| Isabelle THOMAS | France | S&D | 46 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/114279.md |
| Emilio MENÉNDEZ del VALLE | Spain | S&D | 21 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/4348.md |
| Salvador SEDÓ i ALABART | Spain | PPE | 17 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/111018.md |
| Marie-Christine VERGIAT | France | GUE/NGL | 16 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96858.md |
| François ALFONSI | France | Verts/ALE | 15 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96750.md |
| Emma McCLARKIN | United Kingdom | ECR | 15 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96919.md |
| Lorenzo FONTANA | Italy | ENF | 7 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96993.md |
| Marie-Thérèse SANCHEZ-SCHMID | France | PPE | 6 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96746.md |
| Esther HERRANZ GARCÍA | Spain | PPE | 5 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/22418.md |
| Pablo ZALBA BIDEGAIN | Spain | PPE | 5 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96763.md |
| Silvia COSTA | Italy | S&D | 2 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96917.md |
| Piotr BORYS | Poland | PPE | 2 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96799.md |
| Inese VAIDERE | Latvia | PPE | 1 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28617.md |

## Official source documents

- PE527.916: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-527.916+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN

Full amendment texts, votes and exports: https://amendeu.com/dossiers/2013-2181-INI · machine-readable: https://amendeu.com/data/dossiers/2013-2181-INI.json

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